United Kingdom · 1979–1990
Margaret Thatcher
Broke the postwar consensus: privatization, union defeats, lower direct taxes, a traditional public tone.
Margaret Thatcher is on the world-leaders chart for United Kingdom, 1979–1990. The placement note, from the public governing record, is: Broke the postwar consensus: privatization, union defeats, lower direct taxes, a traditional public tone.
The dot is economics +72 and authority +34, on a scale from −100 to +100. That is right of center on economics. The other axis sits toward authority. Left means a larger public role. Up means more authority. Neither direction is treated as the correct one.
A second note separates what was said in public from what the government then did. Said: Roll back the state, tame inflation, and restore a property-owning democracy. Done: Privatized, cut top tax rates, broke the miners, and kept the NHS. The poll tax ended her. The gap, when there is one, is part of the placement. A promise that was kept and a promise that was dropped are not given the same weight.
The nearest other figures on these two numbers are Jair Bolsonaro (Brazil, +46 / +54) and Shinzo Abe (Japan, +38 / +34). Nearest means nearest on the chart, not alike in character.
Two governments can share a number and share nothing else. The source is the public governing record, not a news write-up and not a campaign advertisement.